Spool or bobbin winding machine



W. H. HpSISUM. SPOOL 0R BOBBIN WINDING MACHINE.

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No. 557,620. Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

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IJNTTED STATES 1 ATENT OFFICE.

YVILLIAM II. II. SISUM, OF BELLEVILLE, NEYV JERSEY.

SPOOL R BOBBIN WINDiNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,620, dated April 7,1896.

Application filed November 6,1894. Serial No. 528,072. (No modeL) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, XVILLIAM H. H. SISUM, of Belleville, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Spool or Bobbin lVinding Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

I will describe a machine embodying my improvement, and then point outthe novel features in a claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the principal partsof a machine embodying my improvement, certain of the parts being shownin section. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same at the plane ofthe dotted line 2 in Fig. 1, the view being taken in the directionindicated by the arrow which is marked adjacent to said dotted line.

Similarlet-ters of reference designate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

The framework A of the machine may be of any suitable form andmaterials.

B designates a shaft journaled in bearings a a comprised in theframework A. Near one end of this shaft is a head 1), which, as hereshown, is made in the form of a disk. The extremity of the shaft,projecting beyond the head I), is adapted to receive a spool or bobbin Cto be wound. One of the flanges of the spool or bobbin is provided witha re cess or with a projection suitable to be engaged by a pin Z),arranged upon the head 6, so that rotary motion may be imparted by thehead I) to the spool or bobbin. The spool or bobbin may be retained uponthe shaft by any suitable detent-as, for instance, by a spring.

lVire or other material to be wound upon the spool or bobbin passes fromany suitable source of supply to a circumferentiallygrooved wheel D,around which it may pass one or more times, as may be deemed best.Leaving this wheel D it passes through an eye in a traverse E of anyapproved form. In the present instance this traverse consists of a leverfulcrumed to a pin or bolt 6, fitted in a bracket (2, which is fastenedto the framework A. The eye e of the traverse is formed by splitting orslotting the lever and clamping the extremities or portions on oppositesides of the slots by means of a screw 6 The advantage of making the eyein the form of a slot is that the wire or thread may be at differenttimes passed through different parts, according as the diameter of thewound portion of the spool or bobbin increases.

Intermediate of its ends the lever E is pivotally connected to atraverse-bar E, that is fitted to slide in bearings formed in a frame6%, which is mounted upon the framework A, said bar being free to slidelengthwise in the direct-ion of the length of the shaft B.

On the top of the bar E are antifrietion bowls or rollers 6 6 Betweenthese rollers works a cam E which is affixed to a shaft E that is journaled in the frame 6 The rotation of this cam reciprocates the bar E,and the latter vibrates the lever E, so as to properly lay the wire orthread around the spool or bobbin, it being understood, of course, thatthe spool or bobbin is rotated to take up the wire or thread.

The shaft E has affixed to it a gear-wheel e which engages with thegear-wheel 6 mounted upon a shaft c". This shaft is journaled in an arme extending from the frame 6 The gear-wheel e engages with a gear-wheele affixed to a shaft e which is journaled in the framework A. AffiXed tothe shaft e is a worm-wheel 6 which engages with a Worm affixed to theshaft B. The shaft B therefore imparts motion through the Worm, theworm-wheel, and the gearing to the traversebar E and traverse E.

The wheel D is afiixed to the shaft D, which is also provided with apulley D A belt D which passes around the pulley D and also around apulley D transmits motion from the wheel D, through the pulley D to thepulley D The shaft B has afiixed to it a bevel gearwheel F, whichengages with two bevel gearwheels G and H. Vith these bevel gearwheels Gand 11 engages a bevel gear-wheel I, which is provided with a sleeve t',upon which the pulley D is affixed.

The gear-wheels G H are mounted loosely upon arms g h, affixed to ashaft J, that isjournaled in bearin gs a a comprised in the framework A.This shaft is rotated by a belt-applied to a pulley j, which is aflixedto the shaft J. The shaftB therefore derives motion from two sources,one being the shaft J and the other being the wheel D, which receivesmotion from the wire or thread being spooled, the motion from this wheelD being transmitted through the bevel gear-wheel I and intermediateconnections. To illustrate the efiect of the motion from these twosources, I will say that if the bevel gear-wheel I were held stationaryand motion were imparted only from the shaft J the revolving of thebevel gear-wheels G and II would cause them to derive rotary motionaround their own axes from traveling over the face of the bevelgearwheel I, as over the face of a fixed rack, and this rotary motion ofthe gear-wheels G H would be their maximum possible rotary motion andwould all be transmitted to the gear-wheel F, and hence to the shaft Band spool C. Of course the bevel gear-wheel I will not be stationary,but will derive motion from the wheel D, and thus will modify the rotarymotion of the gear-wheels G H, and hence will modify the rotary motionof the spool. As

In short, the

bevel gear-wheel I will vary in speed as the efliective diameter of thespool increases.

It is to be understood that under the term spool and'bobbin winding Iwish to cover all forms of winding, including balling.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a winding-machine the combination of a shaft for rotating a spool orbobbin, a bevel gear-wheel affixed to said shaft, a second shaft, armsprojecting radially from the second shaft, bevel gear-wheels mountedloosely on these arms, and engaging with the first-mentioned bevelgear-wheel, a sleeve surrounding the second shaft and deriving motionfrom wire or thread to be wound, and a bevel gearwheel on this sleeve,engaging with the bevel gear-wheels carried by arms, of the secondshaft, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

"WILLIAM H. H. SISUM. lVitnesses:

ANTHONY GREF, WILLIAM A. POLLOCK.

